Chronicology 101: Making Your Pot Turn Purple

Now that’s some Purp right there.

To start, it is possible to turn marijuana purple by lowering the temperatures in your grow room during the flowering stage of growth. In some cases it can be simpler than that and won’t require anything. In others, turning your weed purple won’t be possible.

Now, you can turn weed whatever color you want using food coloring, but we don’t recommend this method and it won’t increase the potency of your bud. Many florists dye their flowers different colors by simply adding food coloring to the water they are sitting in after they have been cut. Right after you cut down one of your plants, you could stick the branches in colored or even flavored water to produce a similar effect. We might be more inclined to experiment with flavors over anything else, but we still do not recommend messing with your bud in this manner. Remember, it won’t increase the potency and purple pot doesn’t necessarily guarantee high potency either.

The reason some strains of marijuana turn purple is the same reason why some trees leaves turn colors in the fall, why red grapes are purple, why a blood orange is so red, why an eggplant is purple, why blueberries are blue, and why black raspberries are black. This phenomenon is caused by the occurrence of something known as anthocyanin accumulation which causes anthocyanin to build up within plants. While chlorophyll is what gives weed and plants in general their green color, anthocyanin is what makes weed purple, and carotenoid is what will make weed yellow or gold. CLICK HERE FOR MORE GROW GUIDES

If your plant has the genetics which make it prone to anthocyanin accumulation, you can make it turn purple by dropping the temperatures in the growing environment down below 50 degrees Fahrenheit when the light is off. During flower you should be on a 12-12 cycle or something very close. Some plants will turn purple without such a drastic drop in temperatures, and like I said before, for some plants it just isn’t possible.

You can also experiment with nutrients from your local hydroponic supply store. They may have something that can turn any weed purple, but we have not had the time to test all of these products.

In the end, you need to realize that turning your weed purple won’t make it any better. The reason that most purple bud is so good is because the people who have been growing pot long enough to master the trick of turning bud purple don’t want to mess around growing anything but the dankest of headies. On the other hand, you may have smoked purple bud which was not very good at all. Some strains will turn purple no matter what you do to them, and an inexperienced grower could have grown some Mexican brick weed quality ganja which just happens to be purple. Definitely quite unlikely though.

If you choose to try your luck at turning your plants purple, just remember several things. First, look for the purpling to occur about two weeks before you plan to harvest. This could be anywhere from about 7 to 10 weeks into the flowering stage of growth. And, with this in mind, don’t do the temperature drop at night until the plant is in flowering, even up to 3 to 4 weeks after. Your plant will turn purple before you intend it to, which is one of the plants signs that it is being stressed. The cold temperatures are stressful on your plant, and as a result will likely result in a slightly smaller yield of slightly smaller quality than if you hadn’t dropped the temperature every night. If you’ve read this far into the article, you’re probably very adamant about turning your weed purple, and nothing I say will convince you otherwise. So, I’m not going to try.

Good luck in your endeavors. Follow our directions and if the cards are in your favor you will get purple weed. Remember, it is partially controlled by genetics so don’t give up if you don’t succeed on your first try. And, when you harvest your plants, feel free to send us a sample. Thanks.

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My bubba kush plants turned purple as hell. It carries the purple genes and it’s cold I’m oct where I’m at. Also just ripped some silver haze that looks like rainbow sherbet. Purple bright green and intense orange. What a beauty.

I’m looking for some info on some “purple candy” I picked up that has green green leaves, and so dark purple it looks black/burnt flowers. Smells sweet and sugary, really like candy. But it doesn’t look like any purple bud I’ve ever seen

You really can chcnae color to little shade of purpple/red atleast in hydro allmost all strains some more some lesslittle before harvest give so little water exc. So little it allmost die .. Then give it all nutiriants what it needs for a while. then 1week just water and then you ready to harvest and keep light 12/12 all to wayshade of purple comes when hemp thinks it gona die it makes herpasite???, maybee that aint a word?? natrual toxic includes some kannabinoids to kill parasites i cant but it any better in english and that same toxic makes shade of purple not such much as in picture but little anyways but it give little more power to the bud .

You cant , and don’t want to change the temp of the water. To cold or hot water will shock the roots, resulting in stunted growth, or root rot, which will cause the plant to die. Before I knew why, my plants started turning purple, and they are almost a month and a half into veg. For the last 3 weeks the stems have been turning purple. At night temps of 69-70 F. I’m still vegitating, and the top 3 sets of fan leaves are turning purp. I just today, threw my heater on the timer, so it won’t be on at all while the light is off.

Also, if you want to add flavoring to the bud, use artifical flavoring in your WATER, the last few days of flowering (during your flushing period). I myself have not tried this, but would love to know if it works. Also, while you are curing your bud, you can throw in some orange, banana, or apple peels in with your bud, amd that should also flavor it.

how do you make it purple after its done , even if its the sickest cat piss skunk ass straight dank weed that any person with just a little game would love but still have trouble getting it off for top dollar all because of the rappers that at one point hollers “”I got grapes ”’ ”PURPLE “” , . and now all the youngsters , , wanna be gangsters and now the clubs , even the marijuana dispensaries medical have been infected by this ignorant idea that if it is not purple it is worth far less.. I mean if you been in this world you know exactly what I’m talking about and feel the same I’m sure. However , with that being said how can I spray the already dry weed purple ? that is my Question.

how do you make it purple after its done , even if its the sickest cat piss skunk ass straight dank weed that any person with just a little game would love but still have trouble getting it off for top dollar all because of the afro-american rappers that at one point hollers “”I got grapes ”’ ”PURPLE “” bla bla bla , . and now all the youngsters , bee boppers , wanna be G’z and now the clubs , even the marijuana dispensaries medical have been infected by this ignorant idea that if it aint purple it aint shit. I mean if you been in this world you know exactly what Im talking about and feel the same Im sure. However , with that being said how can I spray the already dry weed purple ? that is my Question.

i’ve been doing a little research and found that blackberries contain the highest amount of anthocyanin, and jst an idea i was thinking mixing blackberry juice with water and feeding during or just before flower along with 70-50 climate change, if anyone has any input on this and the effects comment back!!!…. thanks.

idk how many plants you have or how big you are into it but instead of dropping the temp of the air how about dropping the temp of the Water it’s self.. maybe use two plants for this. Drop the water temp in one over time and on the other take a much dramatic approach (bucket of ice) maybe or a block.

That is a very interesting idea, and something we will have to try. Let us know what happens if you work with this idea. We will be researching this along with LED lights this week. Stay tuned for updates on both of these topics.

We see that this post has been getting alot of traffic recently. Please, feel free to comment on it with any thoughts or questions you might have in regards to this topic. And, if you’d feel more comfortable emailing us, we’d be happy to help as well. mjmbmail@gmail.com Thank you to all our fans for your continued support. We love you guys and girls. Good luck turning your weed purple, we’d love to sample some.

If you do some research on anthrocyanin, you’ll find that it is an excellent anti-oxidant that occurs in various foods, much sought after by sufferers of arthritis and fibromyalgia. Perhaps cannabis with a high level of anthrocyanin is beneficial for conditions in which an anti-inflammatory medicine is desired.

You really can chance color to little shade of purpple/red atleast in hydro allmost all strains… some more some less
little before harvest give so little water exc. So little it allmost die….. Then give it all nutiriants what it needs for a while. then 1week just water and then you ready to harvest and keep light 12/12 all to way
shade of purple comes when hemp thinks it gona die it makes “herpasite???, maybee that aint a word??” “natrual toxic includes some kannabinoids to kill parasites” i cant but it any better in english and that same”toxic” makes shade of purple not such much as in picture but little anyways but it give little more “power” to the bud…….